Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London and Director of its Centre for Process Systems Engineering (PSE). He graduated in Chemical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and was awarded a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He has authored/ co-authored over 200 publications, holds editorial positions on several editorial boards and has been involved in over 50 major research projects and contracts. Prof. Pistikopoulos is co-founder and Director of two successful spin-off companies stemming from his research at Imperial, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) Limited and Parametric Optimization Solutions (PAROS) Limited and consults widely to numerous process industry companies.

Michael C. Georgiadis is Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Informatics and Telecommunications at University of Western Macedonia, Greece and honorary research fellow in the Centre for Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London. He was manager of academic business development for Process Systems Enterprise Ltd. He obtained his Chemical Engineering Diploma from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and an MSc and PhD From Imperial College London. Dr. Georgiadis has authored over 55 papers and two books. He has a long experience in the management and participation of more than 20 collaborative research contracts and projects and consults to Process Systems Enterprise Ltd and Parametric Optimization Solutions Ltd.

Eustathios S. Kikkinides is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece, and a Collaborative Faculty Member in the Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). He is the deputy director of the Environmental Technology Laboratory at his academic department, with research emphasis on novel separation and purification processes and hydrogen technologies for energy applications. He obtained his diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA. He has authored over 100 publications and several book chapters and has been involved in over 20 national and international research projects and contracts.

Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), provider of the gPROMS advanced process simulation and modelling environment, is the 2007 winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Award. The award, the UK's most prestigious for engineering, recognises the successful development of innovative ideas. The PSE team was presented with the MacRobert gold medal by HRH Prince Philip.